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E Mail to let the Government Know How You Feel About Babar Ahmad Babar Ahmad is a British citizen who has been detained without trial in the UK for almost 8 years facing extradition to the US for offences allegedly committed in the UK. All the evidence against him was collected in the UK with most of it being sent to the US before the Crown Prosecution Service could decide whether to prosecute him
in the UK or not, a fact only admitted by the CPS in November 2011. It is only right that Babar be tried in the UK and not extradited to the US.

Please write to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, to demand that Babar Ahmad be immediately put on trial in the UK. Copies will also be sent to the Attorney General and the Home Secretary.

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E Mail to Request European Court of Human Rights to re-examine Babar Ahmad’s case. Babar Ahmad is a British citizen who has been detained without trial in the UK for almost 8 years facing extradition to the US for offences allegedly committed in the UK. All the evidence against him was collected in the UK with most of it being sent to the US before the Crown Prosecution Service could decide whether to prosecute him in the UK or not, a fact only admitted by the CPS in November 2011. It is only right that Babar be tried in the UK and not extradited to the US.
Please write to the European Court of Human Rights. ALL CORRESPONDENCE MUST BE SENT BEFORE 10th JULY. We encourage supporters to prepare their own letters using the above points. A sample letter is below for your convenience but a personalised letter always carries more weight.
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Statement from Fiona Murphy (Babar Ahmad's solicitor) (18/03/09)

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Paul Stephenson hastoday admitted that his officers subjected Mr Babar Ahmad to graveabuse tantamount to torture during his arrest on 2 December 2003. Thisdramatic development arose during the course of Mr Amad’s civil trialfor battery against the Commissioner before Mr Justice Holroyde at theHigh Court in London.In the face of overwhelming evidence the Commissioner has made anunprecedented admission that: Metropolitan officers subjected Mr Ahmad to a sustained and brutalo beating occasioning him multiple injuries and despite Mr Ahmad offering no resistance whatsoever; An officer twice placed Mr Ahmad in a life threatening neck holdo causing Mr Ahmad to feel that he was about to die; Officers openly mocked Mr Ahmad's Islamic faith;o Officers deliberately wrenched Mr Ahmad about by his handcuffso causing him excruciating pain; An officer grabbed Mr Ahmad's testicles inflicting pain; ando Officers assaulted and abused Mr Ahmad in his home, then in ao police van and then in the yard at Charing Cross Police Station – long after his arrest.Despite the gravity of these acts the Commissioner has refused toapologise and he does not propose to take any action against thoseresponsible. He has offered to pay Mr Ahmad £60,000 in damages, inaddition to his legal expenses, from police funds. The agreedcompensation includes aggravated and exemplary damages to reflectthe shocking conduct of the Metropolitan Police as an institution as wellas of the individual officers.The Commissioner decided to take the extraordinary step of admittingliability when a pattern of similar allegations was uncovered against thesame officers. However when the Commissioner was compelled todisclose evidence in this regard his lawyers informed the Court that “anumber of large mail sacks" had been "mislaid in the internal dispatch ofthe MPS", containing what is believed to be yet further similarallegations. Mr Justice Holroyde demanded further investigations tolocate the missing mail sacks and the Commissioner responded byadmitting liability. The Commissioner has yet to confirm the currentwhereabouts of the mail sacks. Earlier in the proceedings severalofficers including the supervising officer, refused to give evidence at trialon behalf of the Commissioner.Fiona Murphy, solicitor for Mr Ahmad of Bhatt Murphy said:“It is deeply concerning that the Commissioner is prepared to allowofficers on his watch to violently abuse a member of the public withimpunity. The papers will be referred to the Director of PublicProsecutions for urgent consideration of criminal charges against theofficers concerned and for an investigation as to whether eventssurrounding the mislaid mail sacks constitute evidence of a conspiracyto pervert the course of justice.The horrifying nature and volume of complaints against these officersshould have provoked an effective response from the MetropolitanPolice and the IPCC long ago. Instead, it has fallen to Babar Ahmad tobring these proceedings to achieve public recognition of the wrong thatwas done to him. "Attached to this press release are:- A Court Order confirming the Commissioner's admission of Mr Ahmad's detailed allegations of assault and abuse;- A copy of the Particulars of Claim referred to in the Order;- Mr Ahmad’s counsel, Phillippa Kaufmann of Doughty Street’s chambers opening note read to the Court on 16 March 2009;- Bhatt Murphy’s note of proceedings in open court on the afternoon of 16 March 2009 with passages pertaining to the similar allegations, missing evidence, unwilling witnesses and lost mail sacks in bold.Note to Editor A statement on behalf of Babar Ahmad will be read outside the front entrance of the High Court after a brief hearing on Tuesday morning, 18 March 2008. Photographs of Mr Ahmad's injuries can be downloaded from www.freebabarahmad.com. Mr Ahmad's father and his solicitor, Fiona Murphy will be available for press interviews by emailing Sharine Kowlessar on
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The matters summarised in this press release have been rehearsed in open court. Due to concerns that reporters were not in attendance during the afternoon of 16 March 2009 a note of the proceedings has been prepared by solicitors and is attached. At an early stage, the Met also mislaid all the relevant officers Incident Report Books (the documents in which the officers' recorded their first account of the events). They also mislaid eight tapes of interviews with a significant witness. The Met did not disclose several of the documents that proved Mr Ahmad's case until they were compelled by three separate Court Orders to do so. A Part 18 request is a formal process of questioning between parties in legal proceedings. Mr Ahmad instructed his current solicitors, Bhatt Murphy, in April 2006 in connection with the events of 2 December 2003.